My mother bought bone marrow jelly (which I probably hadn't eaten for years) on the first day of Cheesefare Lord have mercy!

Just do Lent next year.

It's specially hard to do Lent any year when your local cuisine is all about churrasco.

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"May the Lord our God remember in His kingdom all Holy Catholic Apostolic Church, which heralds the Word of Truth and fearlessly offers and distributes the Holy Oblation despite human deficiencies and persecutions moved by the powers of this world, in all time and unto the ages of ages."

Mor Ephrem is a nice guy. Just say sorry and it will all be ok. Say I had things that were inside troubling me but I didn't know how to express appropriately. I will not behave that way again but I am seeking help.

The media are falling all over themselves reporting how he supposedly said it's better to be an atheist than to lead a double life and be a hypocritical Catholic. From what I can tell he didn't say that, exactly, but rather said that it's common to hear other people saying that, with the implication of the Pope being that, considering the sinful way some self-professed Catholics act, it's hard to blame people for having such a low opinion of Catholics/Catholicism.

EDIT--Here's how one paper reported it: He said some of these people should also say "'my life is not Christian, I don't pay my employees proper salaries, I exploit people, I do dirty business, I launder money, [I lead] a double life'." "There are many Catholics who are like this and they cause scandal," he said. "How many times have we all heard people say 'if that person is a Catholic, it is better to be an atheist'."

And CNN reported it this way: If you're a Christian who exploits people, leads a double life or manages a "dirty" business, perhaps it's better not to call yourself a believer, Pope Francis suggested in a homily on Thursday in Rome. "So many Christians are like this, and these people scandalize others," Francis said during morning Mass at Casa Santa Marta, according to Vatican Radio. "How many times have we heard -- all of us, around the neighborhood and elsewhere -- 'But to be a Catholic like that, it's better to be an atheist.' It is that: scandal."

The paper ran with the headline: "Pope Francis: It is 'better to be an atheist than hypocritical Catholic'" and CNN had: "Pope suggests it's better to be an atheist than a bad Christian"

My mother bought bone marrow jelly (which I probably hadn't eaten for years) on the first day of Cheesefare Lord have mercy!

Just do Lent next year.

It's specially hard to do Lent any year when your local cuisine is all about churrasco.

With a side of beans (with meat). Mmmmm. You must move to Holy Russia and eat beets.

I'll move to Holy Sertão and eat manioc with tears of repentance.

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"May the Lord our God remember in His kingdom all Holy Catholic Apostolic Church, which heralds the Word of Truth and fearlessly offers and distributes the Holy Oblation despite human deficiencies and persecutions moved by the powers of this world, in all time and unto the ages of ages."

I may have taken alcohol farewell way too seriously. The girl I like doesn't know I'm drunk, God bless autocorrect. Please pray for Maria, she likes Greek Orthodoxy.

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"May the Lord our God remember in His kingdom all Holy Catholic Apostolic Church, which heralds the Word of Truth and fearlessly offers and distributes the Holy Oblation despite human deficiencies and persecutions moved by the powers of this world, in all time and unto the ages of ages."

I may have taken alcohol farewell way too seriously. The girl I like doesn't know I'm drunk, God bless autocorrect. Please pray for Maria, she likes Greek Orthodoxy.

Wow, this was weird. I'm sorry if that disturbed anyone, I'm not some kind of drunkard, I was just drinking some beer with my family and decided to check up on OC.net.

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"May the Lord our God remember in His kingdom all Holy Catholic Apostolic Church, which heralds the Word of Truth and fearlessly offers and distributes the Holy Oblation despite human deficiencies and persecutions moved by the powers of this world, in all time and unto the ages of ages."

"May the Lord our God remember in His kingdom all Holy Catholic Apostolic Church, which heralds the Word of Truth and fearlessly offers and distributes the Holy Oblation despite human deficiencies and persecutions moved by the powers of this world, in all time and unto the ages of ages."

"May the Lord our God remember in His kingdom all Holy Catholic Apostolic Church, which heralds the Word of Truth and fearlessly offers and distributes the Holy Oblation despite human deficiencies and persecutions moved by the powers of this world, in all time and unto the ages of ages."

It occurred to me that I don't really need dairy products to anything anymore. Haven't had meat for a few years now and I've sometimes given an occasional thought for going Vegan but it has always felt a bit too bothersome but nowadays various meat-substitutes are so readily available around here that it doesn't seem too much of a trouble anymore. I'd probably miss fish though and I would probably starve to death if I travelled outside of Northern Europe.

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But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.Leviticus 19:34

It occurred to me that I don't really need dairy products to anything anymore. Haven't had meat for a few years now and I've sometimes given an occasional thought for going Vegan but it has always felt a bit too bothersome but nowadays various meat-substitutes are so readily available around here that it doesn't seem too much of a trouble anymore. I'd probably miss fish though and I would probably starve to death if I travelled outside of Northern Europe.

Don't you Finns eat some kind of rotting shark meat?

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Radiates, vegetables, monstrosities, star spawn— whatever they had been, they were men!

It occurred to me that I don't really need dairy products to anything anymore. Haven't had meat for a few years now and I've sometimes given an occasional thought for going Vegan but it has always felt a bit too bothersome but nowadays various meat-substitutes are so readily available around here that it doesn't seem too much of a trouble anymore. I'd probably miss fish though and I would probably starve to death if I travelled outside of Northern Europe.

Don't you Finns eat some kind of rotting shark meat?

Yes, and polar bear casserole is our national dish.

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But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God.Leviticus 19:34

It occurred to me that I don't really need dairy products to anything anymore. Haven't had meat for a few years now and I've sometimes given an occasional thought for going Vegan but it has always felt a bit too bothersome but nowadays various meat-substitutes are so readily available around here that it doesn't seem too much of a trouble anymore. I'd probably miss fish though and I would probably starve to death if I travelled outside of Northern Europe.

The original chat? I'm not sure; lost in a crash or forum upgrade maybe? The later, unofficial chat was 'shut down,' I think, primarily because a now-banned forum member was getting a little too crazy in there; the people behind the scenes here (I think) didn't want to be even loosely associated with it. There was some discussion at the time, but the thread was moved to purgatory.

EDIT--I wonder if I'm going to get a warning for 'questioning' moderatorial action...

"May the Lord our God remember in His kingdom all Holy Catholic Apostolic Church, which heralds the Word of Truth and fearlessly offers and distributes the Holy Oblation despite human deficiencies and persecutions moved by the powers of this world, in all time and unto the ages of ages."

"May the Lord our God remember in His kingdom all Holy Catholic Apostolic Church, which heralds the Word of Truth and fearlessly offers and distributes the Holy Oblation despite human deficiencies and persecutions moved by the powers of this world, in all time and unto the ages of ages."

I realised people outside Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo don't talk on buses and only talk to each other in the lowest possible volume that the person right next to them can still hear. I feel like a barbarian inside my own country.

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"May the Lord our God remember in His kingdom all Holy Catholic Apostolic Church, which heralds the Word of Truth and fearlessly offers and distributes the Holy Oblation despite human deficiencies and persecutions moved by the powers of this world, in all time and unto the ages of ages."

I realised people outside Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo don't talk on buses and only talk to each other in the lowest possible volume that the person right next to them can still hear. I feel like a barbarian inside my own country.

You will fit in well in some eastern countries though.I talk average volume for an American male and I was definitely louder than others where I visited.

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The ocean, infinite to men, and the worlds beyond it, are directed by the same ordinances of the Lord. ~ I Clement 20

I realised people outside Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo don't talk on buses and only talk to each other in the lowest possible volume that the person right next to them can still hear. I feel like a barbarian inside my own country.

You will fit in well in some eastern countries though.I talk average volume for an American male and I was definitely louder than others where I visited.

I was actually really loud and called a lot of attention, since everybody was so quiet and I would just talk and laugh loudly, like a good carioca. I also looked like an uncaring rich white tourist (which is weird, given there's so much German immigration in the region I visited), and this is probably why I was robbed twice. And they say Rio is dangerous...

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"May the Lord our God remember in His kingdom all Holy Catholic Apostolic Church, which heralds the Word of Truth and fearlessly offers and distributes the Holy Oblation despite human deficiencies and persecutions moved by the powers of this world, in all time and unto the ages of ages."

Maybe I should quit law school and study English. I would make an awful lawyer, but a great English teacher. This country needs people who teach them how to speak the XXI century language and enter the job market, not mediocre bureaucrats. Maybe I could also teach German and Spanish, but this would require further specialisation.

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"May the Lord our God remember in His kingdom all Holy Catholic Apostolic Church, which heralds the Word of Truth and fearlessly offers and distributes the Holy Oblation despite human deficiencies and persecutions moved by the powers of this world, in all time and unto the ages of ages."

Maybe I should quit law school and study English. I would make an awful lawyer, but a great English teacher. This country needs people who teach them how to speak the XXI century language and enter the job market, not mediocre bureaucrats. Maybe I could also teach German and Spanish, but this would require further specialisation.

Good luck.

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My only weakness is, well, never mind

He said he had a horrible houseI looked in it and learnt to shut my mouth